Use Bid Express: New Roads to make it easier to find jobs with agencies and contractors you work with.
In this article:
- search and filter proposals
- follow or unfollow proposals
- letting and proposal attachments
- plan holders and eligible bidders
You'll be able to select your agency, search for items, your work types, and other parts of a proposal to see what jobs are right for you.
- Click the year on the Lettings page to hide those lettings, and click the year again to show them.
- Click the letting date or use the arrow to see the proposal details.
- Each tab in the header of a letting or proposal shows a count of the proposal or items, files and resources, and other relevant information.
Search proposals
Once you select a letting, use the Search field for the proposals to find a specific proposal or project ID, or search for an item or part of the description. When you click in the field, you’ll see your last few searches and a list of popular searches. Click one of those entries to use it as your search term.
Click the column heading to sort the column numerically and alphabetically.
- If you're not already on the Proposal page, click the letting date for the proposal on the Lettings page.
- Click in the Search field below the Proposal header. You’ll see your last few searches and a list of popular searches.
- Enter what you're searching for, or click one of those entries to use it as your search term.
If you search for an item, the results display for each proposal and include a preview of the items.
Filter proposals
Use the filter to see proposals that match selected work types, counties, and items. You can select more than one option for each category.
- If you're not already on the Proposal page, click the letting date for the proposal on the Lettings page.
- Click Filters (above the Work type column) to open the proposal advanced filters.
- Enter your selections for the three categories and click Filter.
The Bid Express service displays the proposals that match the filter selections.
Applied filters are shown under the search bar of the proposal. Click the X for any entry you no longer want to see.
Remove all the filters by selecting Clear filters.
Follow or unfollow proposals
Click the Follow button on a proposal to add it to the Workspace tab to make it readily available. You can also click the flag for a proposal on the Lettings tab.
To stop following a proposal, click Following on the proposal or click the three dots on the Workspace tab and click Remove.
Letting and proposal attachments
The agency can post letting or proposal attachments. These can include notice to contractors, award announcements, DBE directories, or anything else the agency wants you to have.
The right sidebar of the letting or proposal shows the attachments added by the agency.
- Click the attachment to download it.
- Click Download all files to download the bid files and the attachments.
Plan holders and eligible bidders
The plan holders list for a selected proposal shows which contractors have the plans for that proposal. This page also marks eligible bidders for agencies who use that information. You can see at the Letting level if proposals in the letting have plan holders or eligible bidders.
You’ll see the plan holders card if the agency uploads plan holders for the proposal. You’ll see voluntary plan holders if they’re enabled and uploaded.
The right sidebar of the proposal shows the number of plan holders and eligible bidders for the proposal. Click the number to see the list of bidder names, or click View All to see all plan holders and eligible bidders.
